When it is recorded
Jan264
Feb150
Mar212
Apr1,809
May3,575
Jun3,733
Jul3,490
Aug5,370
Sep5,695
Oct2,646
Nov865
Dec290
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shetland Islands | — | 5,331 | |
| 2 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 2,608 | |
| 3 | Highland | Scotland | 1,832 | |
| 4 | Cornwall | England | 1,421 | |
| 5 | Norfolk | England | 1,416 | |
| 6 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 1,366 | |
| 7 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 943 | |
| 8 | Kent | England | 885 | |
| 9 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 571 | |
| 10 | Causeway Coast and Glens | Northern Ireland | 454 | |
| 11 | Fife | Scotland | 329 | |
| 12 | Cambridgeshire | England | 328 | |
| 13 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 326 | |
| 14 | Dorset | England | 296 | |
| 15 | North Yorkshire | England | 270 |
10,258 England14,880 Scotland478 Wales497 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 75 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 28,354
- Peak month
- September
- Counties with records
- 75
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Stercorarius skua
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 3,890
- Most recorded in
- Shetland Islands, Orkney Islands, Highland, Cornwall, Norfolk, East Riding of Yorkshire, Na h-Eileanan Siar, Kent, Argyll and Bute, Causeway Coast and Glens, Fife, Cambridgeshire +14
- Conservation designations
- Birds of Conservation Concern, Convention on Migratory Species, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Stercorariidae
- Genus
- Stercorarius
- Name with authority
- Stercorarius skua (Brünnich, 1764)
- Described
- 1764
- Contributing datasets
- 26
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q207760 · GBIF 2481618